COASST NEWS
Breaking News
- Planet Puffin Ep5: Rough Seas and a Wreck, BBC Radio 4, June 4, 2019.
- Puffin Interview with Julia Parrish, CTV News, May 31, 2019
- "Puffins found starving to death in mass die-off likely linked to climate change, study suggests", CBC News, May 30, 2019.
- "Why hundreds of Puffins Washed Up Dead on an Alaskan Beach" The Atlantic, May 29, 2019.
- "Mass Die-off of Puffins Raises More Fears About Arctic's Warming Climate" Inside Climate News, May 29, 2019.
- "Thousands of seabirds starved to death in the Bering Sea - and scientists see evidence of climate change" Washington Post, May 29, 2019.
- "Climate crisis may be a factor in tufted puffins die-off, study says" The Guardian, May 29, 2019.
- "Tufted puffin the Arctic's Latest Victim of Climate Change" Courthouse News Service, May 29, 2019.
- "Puffins are dying in large numbers in the Bering Sea" Mashable, May 29, 2019.
- "Climate change is causing mass 'die-offs' in seabirs such as puffins" The Conversation, May 29, 2019.
- "Dead Common Murres found along most of Mendocino County's coastline" Fort Bragg Advocate-News, May 25, 2019.
- "Major die-off of Common Murres under way along the Mendocino Coast" Fort Bragg Advocate-News, May 25, 2019.
COASST Update
COASST Update - Archives
- "Alaska Seabird Die Off Update", August 8, 2018
- "Common Murre Mortality Fact Sheet", December 21, 2017
- "Bearing Sea Seabird Die Off Update", December 2017
- "Mass Mortality of Tufted Puffins", November 4, 2016
- "Rhinoceros Auklet Salish Sea Unusual Mortality Event", August 9, 2016.
- "Murres on the Beach in 2015", December 2015.
- "Cassins Auklet North Pacific Winter Wreck", January 22, 2015
What's Washed In - Archives
In the Wings - Archives
News - Archives
- "Seabirds and Mammals in an Ice-Free Alaska with Donna Hauser, Timothy Jones, Darren Pilcher", Connecting Alaska: Nature and Environment: Episode 56. January 29, 2019.
- "How to participate in science without a fancy degree", The Daily, December 6, 2018.
- "In Alaska, Starving Seabirds and Empty Colonies Signal a Broken Ecosystem", September 11, 2018.
- "Nights in the lives of the rhinoceros auklets of Protection Island" Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, August 24, 2018.
- "Alaska seabird deaths continue trend tied to warming ocean", August 11, 2018
- "'The Blob,' a marine heat wave, caused massive die-off of West Coast birds" The Seattle Times, June 2, 2018
- "What caused 2014's bird die-off on the Pacific coast? Scientists blame the Blob" Geek Wire, June 5, 2018.
- "Citizen science programs integral to supporting coastal research" The Daily Astorian, March 5, 2018
- "Citizen science sees results" The Daily, February 12, 2018
- "Citizen Scientists Study Seabirds" IIPR, December 6, 2017
- "Dead Reckoning: Guardians of the Dead" Lost Coast Outpost, November 23, 2017
- "Volunteers track dead birds as indicator of coast's health" Associated Press, November 8, 2017
- "For third year in a row, Alaska seabirds wash up dead" Alaska Public Media, September 13, 2017
- "Hundreds of dead birds found on Bering Sea shores" Alaska Dispatch News, September 11, 2017
- "A Citizen Effort to Document and Collect Alaska Bird Carcasses" We Alaskans, May 7, 2017
- "Drawing Meaning from Death, One Seabird at a Time" Hakai Magazine, May 2, 2017
- "Puffin Die-Off On St. Paul Island May Point to Larer Ecosystem Problems" KUCB, December 7, 2016
- "Hundreds Of Tufted Puffin Deaths Suggest Dangers of Warming Seas" Audubon, November 23, 2016
- "From Coast to COASST" The Daily of the University of Washington, November 21, 2016
- "Hundreds Of Dead Puffins Are Mysteriously Washing Ashore in Alaska" Huffington Post, November 18, 2016
- "Large Puffin Die-Off Seems Linked to Warm Conditions" Homer Tribune, November 17, 2016
- "Large Die-Off of Tufted Puffins in Pribilof Islands Seems Linked to Unusual Warm Spell" Alaska Dispatch News, November 14, 2016
- "'We've Never Seen Anything Like This': Hundreds of Dead Puffins Wash Ashore in the North Pacific" EcoWatch, November 10, 2016
- "Puffins Are Starving to Death in Incredible Numbers" Newser, November 9, 2016
- "Huge Puffin Die-Off May Be Linked to Hotter Seas" National Geographic, November 8, 2016
- "The Blob That Cooked the Pacific" National Geographic, September 2016
- "'The Blob': How Marine Heatwaves are Causing Unprecendented Climate Chaos" The Guardian, August 14, 2016
- "Following seabird die-off, citizen science project expands in Alaska" KHNS, June 15, 2016
- "Citizen Science Can Help Manage Marine Treasures" Cascadia Weekly, June 1, 2016
- "Massive Bird Die-Off Puzzles Alaskan Scientists" LiveScience, February 1, 2016
- "Seward volunteers tracking dead murre numbers in Alaska's Resurrection Bay" KTVA Alaska, January 14, 2016
- "Dead murres pile up on beach" Homer News, January 7, 2016
- "Murre Die-off around Kachemak Bay in Thousands" KBBI, December 22, 2015
- "The Blob is no laughing matter for marine life, birds" Chinook Observer, December 2, 2015
- "Seabird deaths, warm oceans, algal blooms puzzle scientists" Homer News, August 27, 2015
- "Scientists searching for answers in bird die-off" Cannon Beach Gazette, August 26, 2015
- "Sea change: Here's what's wrong in the Pacific Ocean" The Oregonian, July 31, 2015
- "The Ecology Hour" KZYX Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, June 23, 2015
- "Volunteer along the seaside with UW's COASST program" The Whole U, April 24, 2015
- "Pacific Seabirds Dying in Record Numbers" CCTV America, March 29, 2015
- "Warming West Coast Waters Upset Food Chains" Science Friday, March 20, 2015
- "From sea lions to penguin chicks adorable animals are dying in droves" Grist, March 20, 2015
- "Unprecedented wreck of Cassin's Auklets along US Pacific Coast" BirdGuides, February 5, 2015
- "Mass seabird deaths on Pacific coast of North America" Birdwatch, February 5, 2015
- "Pacific Seabird Die-Off Highlights Fragility of Ocean Food Web" The Pew Charitable Trusts, January 30, 2015
- "Mass Death of Seabirds in Western U.S. is 'Unprecedented'" National Geographic News, January 23, 2015
- "Researchers Wait for Answers Amid Mysterious Mass Seabrd Die-Off in Region" Peninsula Daily News, January 12, 2015
- "Dead Birds Washing Ashore By The Thousands on Pacific Coast Baffle Scientists" The Weather Channel, January 11, 2015
- "Biologists mystified by seabird die-off on West Coast" CBC News As it Happens, January 6, 2015
- "Cassin's Auklets found washed up along B.C. coast" CBC News Daybreak North, January 6, 2015
- "Oregon coast seabird deaths could continue through winter, wildlife official says" The Oregonian, January 6, 2015
- "Cassin's Auklets found washed up near Tofino" CBC News, January 6, 2015
- "Small seabirds washing up dead on Northwest beaches" Oregon Public Broadcasting, January 5, 2015
- "Pacific Coast Sea Bird Die-Off Puzzles Scientists" New York Times, January 3, 2015
- "Why is the beach covered in dead birds?" Statesman Journal, January 2, 2015
- "Bird carcasses along Pacific shore baffle biologists?" Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2015
- "COASST volunteers help collect data on dead birds to help others live" HeraldNet, November 30, 2014
- "Citizen science key to keeping pace with environmental change" UW Today, October 11, 2014
- "Citizen Science Aims to Clean Up Pacific Plastics" LiveScience, July 28, 2014
- "The importance of counting dead birds" Forks Forum, June 12, 2014, pg. 6
- "A Model of Scientific Rigor(mortis)" OnEarth, Fall 2013, pg. 21
- "COASST Volunteers Track Birds" Forks Forum, July 18, 2013
- "Beached bird program makes everyone a scientist" UW Daily, November 20, 2012
- "Non-scientists Collect Key Conservation Information About Seabirds" LiveScience, October 19, 2012
- "The current state of citizen science as a tool for ecological research and public engagement" Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, August 2012
- "Beached Birding: Volunteers help scientists collect data on shoreline carcasses" The Daily News Online, July 26, 2012
- "Earth Day: Six ways to help scientists in your own back yard" Photo Gallery, The Washington Post, April 20, 2012, pg. 6
- "Novel Answer to That Perennial 'Earth Day' Question: 'What Can I Do to Help?'" National Science Foundation article, April 19, 2012
- "Peninsula Woman: Educator learns as she teaches volunteers about marine life" COASST Volunteer Coordinator, Janet Lamont, featured in the Peninsula Daily News, March 27, 2011
- "Sink to Sound: Scientists use the public to study and protect the environment" Columns, The University of Washington Alumni Magazine, March 2011, pg. 14
- "Natural Causes Reason for Dying Birds" Siuslaw News Online, November 9, 2010
- A letter from COASST Executive Director Julia Parrish about the Deep Water Horizon spill
- "Redefining the term 'Hip to be Square'...Introducing Dr. Julia Parrish", Interview with Dr. Carn Bondar, June 28, 2010
- "The value of Dead Bird Watching", Miller-McCune, 15 June 2010
- "The Wreck: Scientists seek clues in seabird die-offs", High Country News, December 07, 2009
- "Trying to crack an ocean mystery: What caused killer algal blooms?", Seattle Times, November 29, 2009
- "Algae bloom killing seabirds mystifies researchers", Seattle Times, October 30, 2009
- "Killer foam: Was it a freak event or a warning?" The Oregonian, October 28, 2009
- "Foam from ocean algae killing thousands of birds", Oregon Live.com (The Oregonian), October 22, 2009
- “Keeping an Eye on the Coast”, The World (Coos Bay, OR), November 22, 2008
- “Seabird Signals”, National Wildlife Federation, August/September 2008
- “Struggling Seabirds”, San Francisco Chronicle, April 3 2007
- “For the Birds”, The News Guard (Lincoln City, OR), November 29 2006 (PDF)
- “Coast Walkers”, Homer News (Calender), September 28 2006 (PDF)
- “Bird Die-Off Puzzles Scientists”, News-Times (Newport, OR), March 24 2006 (PDF)
- “Dying By the Scores: Seabirds Washing Ashore on Oregon Beaches”, Seattle Times, March 21 2006
- “Still Looking”, Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times magazine), September 4 2005
- “Oceanic Oddity Over; Concerns Linger”, Seattle Times, August 22 2005
- “Pacific Coast Life Concerns Scientists”, Associated Press (published: San Francisco Chronicle, SiliconValley.com, USA Today, ENN, SanLuisObispo.com, Yahoo!News, CNN), August 1-2 2005
- “Warmed Oceans May Be Killing West Coast Marine Life”, Seattle Times, July 13 2005
- “Clue No. 1: It's Dead, Oregonian”, March 23, 2005
- “Telltale Signs”, Peninsula Daily News, June 8 2003 (PDF)
- “Murre-Maid of Tatoosh”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 11 2001